Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940 Audiobook (Free)

The award-winning, field-defining history of gay lifestyle in NEW YORK in the first to mid-20th century

Gay NY brilliantly shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed just in the closet, where homosexual men were isolated, unseen, and self-hating. Drawing on a wealthy trove of diaries, legal records, and other unpublished files, George Chauncey constructs a remarkable portrait of a captivating, cohesive homosexual world that’s not supposed to have existed. Known as ‘monumental’ (Washington Post), ‘unassailable’ (Boston World), ‘brilliant’ (Nation), and ‘a first-rate publication of history’ (New York Times), Gay NY forever changed how we take into account the history of gay life in New York City, and beyond.